Ancient names, who and who of Hindu hindu mythology, vedic names - D

Daruka

Dadhichi

Dadhichi was a Vedic
King, son of Atharvan, who turned a great Rishi. Dadhicha gave his bones to
destroy Vritra, a brahmin, who became the head of the
Asuras.

Daityas

Daityas were the children
of Diti and the sage Kashyapa. They were a race of giants who fought against
the gods.

Daksha

The skilled one, is an
ancient creator god, one of the Prajapatis. Son of Aditi and
Brahma.

Dakshayani

Dakshayani is the
Goddess of marital felicity and longevity. An aspect of Devi, Dakshayani is the
consort of Shiva. Other names for
Dakshayani include Gauri, Uma, Sati, Aparna, Lalitha, Sivakamini.

Damayanti

She is the wife of Nala
whose story is told in the Mahabharata.

Dandaka

A Kingdom and a forest,
had the same name. A state of Lanka under the reign of
Ravana. Ravana's governor Khara ruled this province. It was the stronghold of
all the Rakshasa tribes living in the
Dandaka
Forest.

Dasaratha

King of Ayodhya and
Lord Rama's father.

Darshana

A country whose King
attacked Bhagadatta's elephant in an effort to save Bhima.

Dasharna

Dasharna was an ancient
Indian
Kingdom
in Malwa region near Mandsaur. The queen of
Chedi
Kingdom
and mother of Damayanti were daughters of King of Dasharna.

Devadatta

Name of Arjuna's conch,
also Buddha's cousin.

Deva

The Sanskrit word for God or
deity.

Devarata

Father of Yajnavalkya,
the gods had given him a great bow. Neither gods, nor gandharvas, nor asuras,
nor rakshsa, nor men had might to string that.

Devaki

Mother of Lord Krishna.

Devata

A sage who condemned the
game of dice as an evil form of gambling and declared it unfit as entertainment
for good people, as it usually offered scope for deceit and dishonesty.

Devavrata

The eighth child of
Santanu and
Ganga who in time mastered the art
of arms and learned the Vedas, Vedanta and the sciences known to Sukra. He was
crowned Yuvaraja (heir apparent), but later vowed to celibacy and was known as
Bhishma.

Devayani

The beautiful daughter
of Sukracharaya, teacher of the demons, who fell in love with Kacha, son of
Brihaspati, teacher of the Devas.

Devendra

King of the Gods.

Devi

The female version of a
Deva, ie. a female deity or goddess.

Dhanvantari

An avatar of the
Hindu God Vishnu. Dhanvantari appears in the Vedas as the physician of the
gods, and is the god of Ayurvedic medicine.

Dharma

Righteous course of
conduct. Can mean law, rule or duty. Beings that live
in harmony with Dharma proceed quicker towards moksha.

Dharmagranthi

Assumed named of
Nakula at Virata's court.

Dharmananda

A name of
Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma or Yama. Eldest of Pandavas.

Dharmavyadha

He possessed the
secret of good life and lived in the city of
Mithila. He was a meat seller.

Dhananjaya

One of the names of
Arjuna.

Dhanusaksha

A great sage whom
Medhavi, son of sage Baladhi, once insulted. Sage Baladhi desired that his son
should live as long as a certain mountain lasted. Dhanusaksha took the form of
a bull and butted that mountain and broke it to pieces. Then Medhavi fell down dead.

Dhaumya

Tutor of the Pandavas,
who accompanied them during their exile to the Kurijangala forest, singing Sama
hymns addressed to Yama, Lord of Death.

Dhrishtadyumna

Supreme commander
of the Pandava forces and twin brother of Draupadi.

Dhrishtaketu

Dhrishtaketu are 1. Son of Dhrishtadyumna. 2. Son of Sisupala, King of Chedi,
and an ally of the Pandavas. 3. A King of the Kekayas, also an ally of the
Pandavas. 4. Son of Satyadhriti. 5. Son of Nriga.

Dhritarashtra

Elder son of
Vichitravirya and Ambika, born blind, father of Duryodhana.

Dharmaputra

The son of Yama,
Yudhishthira.

Dhruva

Dhruva was the prince
blessed to eternal existence and glory as the Pole Star (Dhruva Nakshatra in
Sanskrit) by Lord Vishnu. The story of Dhruva's life is often told to Hindu
children as an example for perseverance, devotion, steadfastness and
fearlessness.

Dhumraksha

The Gray eyed
rakshasha appointed by Ravana who was slain by Hanuman.

Dilipa

Son of Anshumat and father
of Bhagiratha.

Draupadi

Daughter of King
Drupada, King of Panchala. Arjuna had won her in the Swayamvara, but because
their Mother asked them to share everything in common unknowingly, she married
all the five Pandavas.

Drona

A Brahmin who learnt
military art from Parasurama. Later he became the guru to the Kaurava and
Pandava princes in the use of arms.

Drupada

King of Panchala, Drona's
friend, father of Draupadi.

Duhsasana

Duryodhana's brother
who dragged Draupadi to the hall where the game of dice was played.

Durdhara

A son of Dhritarashtra
killed by Bhima in the war.

Durga

A form of Parvati. She is
depicted as a woman riding a lion with multiple hands carrying weapons and
assuming mudras.

Durjaya

A brother of Duryodhana
who was sent to attack Bhima, to save Karna's life but lost his own. Kaurava.

Durmarsha

A son of Dhritarashtra
killed by Bhima. Kaurava.

Durmata

A son of Dhritarashtra
who got killed by Bhima. Kaurava.

Durmukha

A chariot-borne warrior
on the Kaurava side. Kaurava.

Durvasa

An ancient sage known for
his anger who visited the Kaurava.

Durvishaha

A warrior fighting on
the Kaurava side.

Duryodhana

The eldest son of the
blind King Dhritarashtra by Queen Gandhari, the eldest of the one hundred
Kaurava brothers.

Dushkarma

A warrior belonging to
the Kaurava side.

Dushyanta

A valiant King of the
chandravansha, and descended from Puru. He was husband of Sakuntala, by whom he
had a son, Bharata. The love story of Dushyanta and Sakuntala, her separation
from him, and her restoration through the discovery of his token-ring in the
belly of a fish, form the plot of Kalidasa's celebrated play Sakuntala.

Dussaha

A son of Dhritarashtra
killed by Bhima.

Dvaita

A branch of Hindu
philosophy, founded by Shri Madhvacharya that advocates dualism and stresses a
strict distinction between God and soul.